Track the Impact of Your Ontario Accident on Your Life- Ottawa Lawyer

The Ottawa injury lawyers at Auger Hollingsworth tell every client we meet to keep records of the effect of the accident on their lives. The clients who enjoy the best outcomes are the clients who get this advice shortly after their accident and who follow it carefully.

Your Ottawa personal injury lawyer will tell you that the settlement process takes time. Lawsuits take time. If you do not keep accurate records, you will not be able to remember small losses that occur over time that can add up to significant amounts.

A very important component of the record-keeping process to help your accident lawyer is to keep a calendar that records the following information:

All accident-related appointments such as medical and therapeutic appointments;
Sleep disruption
Pain medications taken
Pain reduction steps take (such as icing or elevating a leg)
Activities missed or cut short (vacations, weddings etc.)
Days with elevated pain
Missed work due to accident if client is back at work
Time and activities performed by friends and relatives due to the accident.

This type of recording is challenging. However, it is just as, or more challenging to try to remember how many nights’ sleep you missed in the year after the accident.

Here is an example of how we may use this information if your case goes to trial, or even at mediation or at a settlement conference. It is extremely effective to hold up a chart for a jury showing 6 medical appointments per week for 9 months when the insurance company is suggesting that you did not “try” to get better. This is not something you can create after the fact from memory.

Do you have an appropriate system to document the impact of your accident on your life? Why not speak to an experienced personal injury lawyer to develop a record keeping system that works for you. The accident lawyers at Auger Hollingsworth would be pleased to meet with you to review your case and to provide you with practical advice you can use to maximize the compensation you achieve. For more information, or to schedule a free consultation call us at 613 233-4529 or email [email protected].

About the Author: Brenda Hollingsworth

Brenda Hollingsworth co-founded Ottawa’s Auger Hollingsworth in 2005 with her husband Richard Auger. Together, their mission was to create a personal injury law firm for Eastern Ontario that is unrivalled in the province for customer service and legal expertise. Brenda was named an Ottawa Business Journal Forty Under 40 award recipient and took home the Women’s Business Network’s Businesswoman of the Year award in the Professional category. She was also recognized as one of Ottawa Life Magazine’s “Top 50 People in the Capital.” She is often quoted as an expert and has appeared in media outlets such as CTV, The Globe and Mail, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Sun Media, CBC, Toronto Star, Montreal Gazette, CFRA and many legal publications.

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